Originally Posted by CanadianLoon
I love your machines. Were they operational when you bought them or did you restore them?
Some work, some don't but all of mine needed some TLC. It's amazing what a clean up and some oil can do.
I still have some awaiting attention, but these old machines are amazing. Its usually only lack of certain parts, especially needles and bobbins which prevent them from working just as well as they did when they were new.
I would be astounded if my modern machine was still going in 20 years, let alone 100 years from now.